Bob Charles (golfer)

Sir Robert "Bob" Charles KNZM CBE (born March 14, 1936) is one of the world?s greatest left handed golfers, winner of more than 70 titles and first lefty to win one of golf?s Majors.

List of wins

Following is an incomplete list of tournaments won by Bob Charles over the years. PGA wins are indicated by (PGA), important international tournament wins by (Int) and Champions Tour by (Champions Tour).

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• 1954
• New Zealand Open, as amateur
• 1961
• New Zealand PGA Championship
• The Daks Golf Tournament
• Bowmaker Tournament
• Caltex Open
• 1962
• Caltex Open,
• Swiss Open
• 1963
• Houston Classic (PGA)
• British Open Championship (PGA)
• Watties Open
• 1965
• Tucson Open Invitational (PGA)
• 1966
• New Zealand Open
• Watties Open,
• 1967
• Atlanta Classic (PGA)
• Caltex Open
• 1968
• Canadian Open (PGA)
• Watties Open
• 1969
• Piccadilly World Match Play Champion (int)
• 1970
• New Zealand Open
• 1972
• Dunlop Masters
• John Player Classic
• 1973
• Scandinavian Enterprise Open
• South African Open
• New Zealand Open
• 1974
• Greater Greensboro Open (PGA)
• Swiss Open
• 1978
• Air New Zealand Shell Open
• 1979 New Zealand PGA Championship
• 1983
• Tallahassee Open
• 1986
• Mazda Championship, partnered by Amy Alcott, (Int)
• 1987
• Vintage Chrysler Invitational (Champions Tour)
• GTE Classic (Champions Tour)
• Sunwest-Charley Pride Classic (Champions Tour)
• Mauna Lani Invitational (Int)
• 1988
• NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative (Champions Tour)
• Sunwest-Charley Pride Classic (Champions Tour)
• Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush (Champions Tour)
• Vantage Bank One Senior Golf Classic (Champions Tour)
• Pepsi Senior Challenge (Champions Tour)
• Fuji Electric Grandslam (Int)
• 1st National Bank Classic (Int)
• 1989
• GTE Suncoast Classic (Champions Tour)
• NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative (Champions Tour)
• Digital Seniors Classic (Champions Tour)
• Sunwest-Charley Pride Classic (Champions Tour)
• Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic (Champions Tour)
• Fuji Electric Grandslam (Int)
• Senior British Open (Int)
• 1990
• Digital Seniors Classic (Champions Tour)
• GTE Kaanapali Classic (Champions Tour)
• Fuji Electric Grandslam (Int)
• Kintetsu Home Senior (Int)
• Daikyo Senior Invitational (Int)
• 1991
• GTE Suncoast Classic (Champions Tour)
• Kintetsu Home Senior (Int)
• 1992
• Raileys Senior Gold Rush (Champions Tour)
• Transamerica Senior Golf Championship (Champions Tour)
• 1993
• Senior British Open (Int)
• Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic (Champions Tour)
• Bell Atlantic Classic (Champions Tour)
• Quicksilver Classic (Champions Tour)
• 1995
• Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic (Champions Tour)
• 1996
• Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic (Champions Tour)
• 1998
• Office Depot Father and Son Challenge, with son David (Int)